Calibration and Testing Services Reference Materials

Description: The PCS service feature is a unique offering you will find only at Transcat. It is effective in normalizing all your calibration data to help equipment users determine when measurement risk situations ...

Description: Laboratory accreditation is the formal recognition of an organization's technical competency to perform specific or types of tests or calibrations. ...

Description: The interesting thing about evolution is that change is inevitable, yet we are so resistant to change. Those who are closest to a change event are typically evenly divided: about half embrace the ...

Description: The reason to make the change from TAR to TUR within a company's quality documents is to maintain harmonization with the changes in global practices. ...

Description: As the skilled, baby-boomer workforce nears retirement, years of technical expertise is exiting as well. Factories are watching years of knowledge leave their organizations, and how to replace these ...

Description: There are several reasons why a commercial calibration company needs to know more than just the type of instrument they will be servicing for you ...

Description: Webinar on Ground Testing in Wind Farms ...

Description: Webinar on Ground Testing in Wind Farms ...

Description: Webinar on Ground Testing in Wind Farms ...

Description: A Decision Rule, as related to calibration, is meant to clarify to all parties involved (within your organization and external to your organization) the component of your quality system that notifies ...

Description: Testing is an agile business by its core definition. The structures and systems to be tested, whether it is in the automotive, aerospace, energy or civil engineering segment, keep evolving quickly and ...

Description: Vacuum plasma is the treatment method of record for many manufacturers. Not only because it is a legacy technology proven useful over many, many decades, but because it can be particularly effective ...

Description: FULLY AUTOMATED ASTM D2983 CONDITIONING AND TESTING ON THE CANNON® TESC SYSTEM WHITE PAPER ...

Description: Hartford Steam Boiler (HSB) provides Third Party Inspection services of pressure equipment built to a recognized code, standard, regulation or customer defined specification. HSB's worldwide staff of ...

Description: Since the introduction of HALT and HASS testing in the late 1980s, technologies employed in product design have changed dramatically. ...

Description: The purpose of this paper is to communicate the numerous successes that have resulted from HALT, HASS, and other environmental testing used by IBM's Web Server division in Beaverton, Oregon. ...

Description: IPC-9592A: Requirements or Power Conversion Devices for the Computer and Telecommunications Industries ...

Description: Determining which HALT or HASS chamber can best meet your reliability program requirements takes more than a quick glance of spec' sheets. ...

Description: This method will assist HALT & HASS users to monitor PSD changes over time, develop PSD tolerances, evaluate variability between products in HASS, and also provide an effective tool to assess table ...

Description: HALT and HASS testing products...offer many advantages in accelerated testing. ...

Description: The goal of an Accelerated Stress Test program is to make cost effective improvements in product field reliability. ...

Description: The following information should help clarify the specifications used in HALT/HASS chambers. ...

Description: Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS) is a production test process that has become a widely accepted method for detecting manufacturing or component changes in a product that could reduce product ...

Description: In recent years, the test techniques known as HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Testing) and HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress Screening) have been gaining advocates and practitioners. These test methods, ...

Description: The ever increasing pressure to more quickly deliver higher reliability products at lower costs is prevalent throughout major industries, such as avionics, communications, networking equipment, ...

Description: This paper will describe the metric of gRMS, how it is calculated in both the frequency and time domains and what factors can cause variations in gRMS calculations. ...

Description: Manufacturers utilize research and design laboratories all the time. To scale new products up to the production line, years of toiling in testing labs is done to ensure that everything goes off ...

Description: The Beam Position Monitor system of the ESS linac will include in total more than 140 BPM detectors of different sizes and types. The BPM system also needs to work successfully under offoptimal ...

Description: In this article we are presenting tests and development of digital low level RF control system Libera LLRF. Libera LLRF is a digital system small in size but powerful in terms of performance as tests ...

Description: The aim of the document is to describe the measurements performed at the European Spallation Source (ESS) with Libera Single Pass H, an instrument intended for phase, position and charge monitoring in ...

Description: Initial measurements and verification of the unit performance were conducted in the laboratory at Instrumentation technologies. The measurements were performed under various conditions, at different ...

Description: Proton cancer therapy is a state-of-the-art medical treatment technique based on an accelerator beam production facility. ...

Description: For optimal control and especially for accelerators aiming at the highest level of performance, for example FELs, these systems should be considered as a whole and work together. At Instrumentation ...

Description: The first Libera Photon units have been tested with a current source at Instrumentation Technologies and on a real beam at SOLEIL. ...

Description: Transcat utilizes high-performance instrumentation to provide high-quality traceability for the industry. Many of our assets operate at or near state-of-the-art, and the specifications can be quite ...

Description: Now that the customer has received the equipment back from the Calibration Service Provider (CSP) there are potentially pages and pages of data, which leaves many questions: ...

Description: The goal of your company is to be profitable in providing a superior, effective, and safe product or service. Your use of test and measuring instruments in this process indicates your need to base ...

Description: OSHA the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the US government's enforcement arm for safety and health issues has been tasked with overseeing professional independent testing laboratories. ...

Description: There are a number of ways that mistakes with preamps in test configurations can lead to misleading or incorrect readings or even damaged equipment and unnecessary costs. With some attention and ...

Description: An antenna calibration is a verification of performance and the measurement of the antennas properties. Much of the success or failure of EMC test depends on the performance of a calibrated antenna. ...

Description: The Biconical Antenna is considered a standard workhorse for every compliance test lab. Used in a variety of applications such as radiated emissions, immunity and shielding effectiveness testing; this ...

Description: Asphalt shingles are one of the most prevalent roof coverings used in North America. They are a composite product, with a base layer of paper or fibreglass, which is impregnated or coated with an ...

Description: In recent years, the use of a term call "Antenna Factor" in EMC and spectrum pollution work has become very important. There has been a great need for measuring field intensity and/or power density as ...

Description: This test procedure describes how the small signal performance data of an amplifier is gathered and checked against previously recorded data. This is a fault finding step that establishes the health ...

Description: One of the most common EMC test types is the radiated emissions test. Radiated emissions testing is the measurement of the electromagnetic field of the emissions that are unintentionally being ...

Description: Overview: Half wave dipole antennas are typically used for site attenuation measurments, shielding effectivness and as a gain reference antenna. They are the simplest and widely used class of ...

Description: Test Guide - Embedded digital processing chips are in virtually everything these days: cell phones, kitchen appliances, manufacturing equipment, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems - even ...

Description: Creating and preparing a product for the marketplace is a challenging proposition, and between design, development, production, scale up, testing, market entry, and more, manufacturers and product ...

Description: Printed circuit boards (PCBs) mechanically support, and virtually connect, electronic components. Using conductive materials and pathways embedded and etched on sheets, PCBs are the 'brains' of ...

Description: There are many different types of vibration testing. Each vibrational test protocol is established to meet specific goals within the testing environment. Two of the most common types of vibrational ...

Description: Digital Radiography has many benefits over film radiography, and has been used to substantially reduce cycle times while often producing superior image quality. ...

Description: A key element of the new product development cycle for companies in the automotive, military, medical device, and electronics industries is shock and mechanical vibration testing. For unbiased ...

Description: The air-bearing seal is effectively frictionless and permits dynamic oscillatory testing throughout the frequency range of the instrument. ...

Description: Certain modified Ostwald-type viscometers for transparent liquids (like the Cannon-Fenske Routine and the Cannon-Manning Semi-Micro) and reverse-flow viscometers for opaque and transparent liquids ...

Description: Rheology is defined as the study of the flow and deformation of fluids. Based on the need to quickly and accurately set and control processing conditions, optimize product performance, and/or ensure ...

Description: Rheological phenomenon is found in every coatings operation. Coatings, being complex structured fluids, need to be characterized by their structure and flow properties in order to be applied ...

Description: Hydrated gluten, soy concentrate, and mixtures of both were heated at 90 8C for 0.5 to 6 h. All heated samples were analyzed for viscoelastic properties and SDS-PAGE electrophoretograms. Results of ...

Description: Whey protein polymers (WP-polymers) were prepared by heating whey protein isolate below the critical concentration for gelation at neutral pH and low salt conditions. The effects of WP-polymers and ...

Description: Rheological behavior is directly associated with performance qualities such as comfort in the case of contact lenses, cure time in the case of fiber optic coatings and inks, and ultimate mechanical ...

Description: Superpositioning principles were applied twice to model temperature (25 to 125 8C) and concentration (0.005 to 0.040% w/w) effects on skim milk and carrageenan solutions. Samples were analyzed using a ...

Description: The oil industry faces a retrieval process that is extremely costly and difficult. Oil exploration and retrieval efforts must overcome the complex flow issues, or rheology, of the crude oil. It is ...

Description: Three dough formulations with increasing salt content were examined using the SpecTech DSR. Strain sweeps at 25 C, 45 C, and 65 C were done in triplicate using a 25mm diameter parallel plate geometry ...

Description: One of the quickest means to determine the relaxation behavior of a polymer is to perform a step increase in strain and monitor the relaxation of the sample. Relaxation data relate directly to ...

Description: This Application Note provides information relating to measurement precision in general, and the precision of kinematic viscosity measurements in particular. It provides a brief history and discussion ...

Description: Mostly every organization globally producing products of industrial applications is overseen by some form a management or quality program. These programs exist to help manage business effectively and ...

Description: Two areas where the melt flow rate test it is not useful are related to processing. ...

Description: Here are the steps to take in cases where the MFR is not provided by the polymer supplier. ...

Description: If you spend a lot of time looking at data sheets you have probably noticed a trend over the last several years in how the melt flow rate (MFR) is reported. Along with, or instead of, the MFR, a new ...

Description: To fully appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of the melt-flow-rate (MFR) test it is important to know something about the way the test is performed. ...

Description: There is a well-established relationship between something called the weightaverage molecular weight of a polymer and a parameter known as the zero-shear viscosity. ...

Description: Few molders perform the test in-house. Of those that do, most don't understand why they are doing it or what they are measuring. ...

Description: There are two points in the manufacturing supply chain where a determination ofaverage molecular weight (MW) is important. The first is when the material is firstreceived by the molder. The second is ...

Description: Once degradation has been established, the discussion inevitably turns to how it happened. It might be expected that the answer to this question is widely known. Not so. The good news is that the ...

Description: Here is why the melt flow test is not universal. As useful as the melt flow rate (MFR) test can be, it is not universally applicable. Fundamentally, the test is intended to document differences in ...

Description: Though often criticized, MFR is a very good gauge of the relative average molecular weight of the polymer. Since molecular weight (MW) is the driving force behind performance in polymers, it turns out ...

Description: Interpreting graphic results and data. ...

Description: The capabilities of modern FIB machines utterly overshadow the primitive capabilities I so revered from the 80s. In the current era of System-on-Chip (SoC) designs with 10 and 11 metal layers, copper ...

Description: Measurements shall be made on an apparatus suitable for the characteristic of the component to be measured as follows; Ice point temperature resistance measurements may be taken using a digital ...

Description: How do you interpret a calibration report listing resistance ratio's and inverse differences? The resistance ratio is the ratio of the resistance of the thermometer at some temperature (t) to the ...

Description: As-Found: Out-of-Tolerance is a simple statement, but an incredibly powerful statement. This simple statement of non-compliance will mean more work to be done, a lot more work, very important work ...

Description: What does accreditation mean? It's important to recognize this term for what it is, as opposed to diluting or fragmenting this important topic. ...

Description: For process manufacturers, regular calibration of instruments is common practice. In areas where instrument accuracy is critical to product quality or safety, for example in process industries such as ...

Description: communication and a common level of understanding between the OEM and the testing solution partner. To help achieve this, one lab has shared 12 tips to aid the manufacturer in understanding the best ...

Description: Simply put, distribution simulation testing is a uniform and repeatable way of evaluating packaging systems by utilizing laboratory equipment to subject the packaging system to specific hazards that ...

Description: Beamex and Emerson have partnered to offer Calibration Excellence, a best-in-class solution for managing calibrations. This solution delivers the benefits of a complete automation asset management and ...

Description: With increasing globalization, manufacturers recognize that preparing their products for only one market is too narrow a strategy. A successful approach involves planning development, manufacturing ...

Description: So called "smart" instruments are ever more popular in the process industry. The vast majority of delivered instruments today are smart instruments. These new smart instruments bring new challenges to ...

Description: Most of our discussions with clients begin like this: "I need to get a UL mark on my product, but it should be pretty easy because all of the major components have a UL mark...", or "I've got almost ...

Description: Single component room temperature vulcanizing ('RTV') silicones are widely used as sealants and adhesives in the fabrication of many products; including medical devices. For 'acid cure' systems, ...

Description: Epoxy-glass laminate constructions are used in the majority of rigid printed circuit boards. The epoxy resin cure and resulting mechanical properties are very dependent upon the accurate formulation ...

Description: Metals and anions that initiate or accelerate corrosion are of concern in evaluating the suitability of a non-metallic material for use in a nuclear reactor environment. This paper describes several ...

Description: This paper describes how electron microprobe analysis has been used effectively in industrial materials problem solving. Three case studies are briefly presented to illustrate how the unique ...

Description: Recent oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Barrier Reef have renewed interest in the rapid analysis of crude oil byproducts in aqueous and solid samples including sand and commercial ...

Description: Synthetic and natural materials are used extensively by the motor vehicle industry to provide customers appealing and safe vehicle interiors. The materials used in all aspects of vehicles interior, ...

Description: Since the early 1990's air quality in enclosed spaces such as office buildings, homes and automobiles has become a major environmental concern. The concern is that man made materials used in these ...

Description: Calibration can be briefly described as an activity where the instrument being tested is compared to a known reference value. At the simplest level, calibration is a comparison between measurements - ...

Description: Every plant has some sort of system in place for managing calibration operations and data, but the different methods for doing it varies greatly in terms of cost, quality, efficiency and accuracy of ...

Description: Loss of material due to abrasion, erosion, or other types of wear is an important phenomenon in industries such as aerospace and automotive. Wear is quantified by measuring the volume loss after a ...

Description: Society has benefited tremendously from the development and utilization of mechanical devices which are implanted inside the body and are used to replace bones and joints, increase blood flow, and ...

Description: Many foods contain supplements to provide added health benefits. One such additive is a probiotic bacteria culture that improves a person's digestive health. A juice manufacture in Canada adds a small ...